Obit: Joseph Brown, Sr.

Thursday

Mar 21, 2013 at 4:08 PMMar 21, 2013 at 4:11 PM

Joseph Brown Sr., ?Mah?piya Ska Hoksina? (White Cloud Boy) 85, of New Rockford, N.D., formerly of Tokio, N.D., passed away on Wednesday evening, March 13, 2013 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford.

Joseph Brown Sr., ?Mah?piya Ska Hoksina? (White Cloud Boy) 85, of New Rockford, N.D., formerly of Tokio, N.D., passed away on Wednesday evening, March 13, 2013 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford.

A Wake for Joe will be held at the Woodlake Wellness Center, Tokio on Thursday, March 21 beginning at 5 p.m. The Rosary and prayer service will be held at 8 p.m. The procession to Tokio will leave at 4 p.m. on Thursday from Wal-Mart.

Mass of the Resurrection will be held on Friday, March 22 at 10 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, St. Michael, N.D. with Fr. Charles Leute, OP and Fr. Anthony Hession concelebrating the Mass. Joe will be laid to rest in St. Michael’s Catholic Cemetery in the spring. Military Honors will be accorded by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #6547.

Joseph was born on December 12, 1927 at the Fort Totten Hospital, the son of Henry and Winifred (Jackson) Brown. He grew up on the Brown homestead at Sheyenne, N.D. He attended boarding school in Fort Totten and St. Michael. The family later moved to Tokio.

Joseph entered the United States Army on April 25, 1946 and served his country during World War II. He served with the 56th Air Engineering Squadron/31st Air Service Group and was honorably discharged on June 14, 1947 at Camp Stoneman, Calif. He returned to Sheyenne and worked as a farm laborer for area farmers. He also worked for a time at Sioux Manufacturing Corporation. Visiting, sharing stories and memories with family and friends was Joe?s idea of the best day ever. He enjoyed going to the Casino, because again, it was a place to see friends and family and share time together.

On November 14, 2007, Joe moved to the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd due to increasing health problems and continued to make his home there until his death.